Blue Rubicon

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what payments  (a) her Department and  (b) London Resilience has made to Blue Rubicon; at what cost; and for what purpose.

Parmjit Dhanda: For details of payments made to Blue Rubicon before 7 February 2008 I refer the hon. Member to the answer to the Freedom Of Information request published on the Department's website at:
	http://wvvw.communities.gov.uk/corporate/about/freedom -of-information/disclosure-log/disclosurelog2008/publicrelationsfirms/
	Since 7 February 2008, the Department has paid Blue Rubicon the sum of £222,244.75 for public relations services to continue the promotion of the measures contained in the Energy Performance in Buildings Directive, including promotion of Energy Performance Certificates and Display Energy Certificates.
	No payments have been made to Blue Rubicon by London Resilience.

Employment Tribunals

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many claims of discrimination on the grounds of  (a) disability,  (b) gender reassignment,  (c) religion,  (d) sex,  (e) race,  (f) age and  (g) sexual orientation were made to employment tribunals in each of the last 10 years; how many such cases were heard by tribunals in each of those years; and in how many cases heard by a tribunal the claimant was successful in each of those years.

Bridget Prentice: I have been asked to reply.
	The information requested is shown in the following tables.
	
		
			  Number of discrimination cases received and successful at hearing from 1999-2000 to 2006-07 
			   1999-2000  2000-01 
			   Main jurisdiction mix of claims accepted  Heard at tribunal  Successful at tribunal  All jurisdiction mix of claims accepted( 1)  Heard at tribunal  Successful at tribunal 
			 Sex(2) 4,926 866 233 25,940 1,258 417 
			 Disability 1,743 292 67 4,630 772 185 
			 Race 3,246 632 170 4,238 1,112 220 
			 Religion or belief(3) (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— 
			 Sexual orientation(3) (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— 
			 Age(4) (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— 
			 Total 9,915 1,790 470 34,808 3,142 822 
		
	
	
		
			   2001-02  2002-03 
			   All jurisdiction mix of claims accepted( 1)  Heard at tribunal  Successful at tribunal  All jurisdiction mix of claims accepted( 1)  Heard at tribunal  Successful at tribunal 
			 Sex(2) 15,703 1,136 368 11,001 1,121 363 
			 Disability 5,273 618 137 5,310 678 148 
			 Race 3,889 829 129 3,638 725 115 
			 Religion or belief(3) (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— 
			 Sexual orientation(3) (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— 
			 Age(4) (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— 
			 Total 24,865 2,583 634 19,949 2,524 626 
		
	
	
		
			   2003-04  2004-05 
			   All jurisdiction mix of claims accepted( 1)  Heard at tribunal  Successful at tribunal  All jurisdiction mix of claims accepted( 1)  Heard at tribunal  Successful at tribunal 
			 Sex(2) 17,722 882 306 11,726 1,076 299 
			 Disability 5,655 587 156 4,942 802 236 
			 Race 3,492 761 120 3,317 710 (5)107 
			 Religion or belief(3) (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— 
			 Sexual orientation(3) (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— 
			 Age(4) (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— 
			 Total 26,869 2,230 582 19,985 2,588 642 
		
	
	
		
			   2005-06  2006-07 
			   All jurisdiction mix of claims accepted( 1)  Heard at tribunal  Successful at tribunal  All jurisdiction mix of claims accepted( 1)  Heard at tribunal  Successful at tribunal 
			 Sex(2) 14,250 4,846 4,068 28,153 1,253 463 
			 Disability 4,585 671 173 5,533 650 149 
			 Race 4,103 719 119 3,780 728 108 
			 Religion or belief(3) 486 72 9 648 112 12 
			 Sexual orientation(3) 395 61 14 470 75 21 
			 Age(4) (5)— (5)— (5)— 972 11 0 
			 Total 23,819 6,369 4,383 39,556 2,819 747 
			 (1) Claims may have more than one jurisdiction. The reporting of this information changed in 2004 and for consistency figures are given here for all jurisdictional claims with the exception of 1999-2000 figures which are for principle jurisdiction only. (2) Includes discrimination on grounds of gender reassignment see 'The Sex Discrimination (Gender Reassignment) Regulations 1999' (3) Information is available from 2005-06 onwards following introduction of new legislation. (4) Information is available from 2006-07 onwards following introduction of new legislation. (5) Not collected.  Note: It is not possible to ascertain the numbers of withdrawals at hearing therefore withdrawn appeals are excluded.  Source: Employment Tribunals Service annual report and statistics for the years 1999-2000 to 2005-06 and Employment Appeal Tribunal and Employment Tribunals Service annual statistics 2006-07

Departmental Public Expenditure

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much was spent on  (a) new furnishings,  (b) art and  (c) new vehicles by his Department in each of the last three years.

Michael Wills: The responses for each element of the Department are as follows:
	 MOJ Headquarters
	
		
			  New furnishings 
			   £ million 
			 2005-06 0 
			 2006-07 0 
			 2007-08 0.847 
		
	
	This represents capitalised expenditure; resource expenditure is not separately identifiable. These figures may not include a small amount purchased as part of building upgrades.
	£0.502 million of the 2007-08 expenditure relates to technical, advisory, artistic and management fees in respect of the fit-out of the new Supreme Court building at Middlesex Guildhall. The remainder represents furniture for the Ministry's new headquarters building at 102 Petty France.
	 Art
	There has been £95,000 spent on art for the new headquarters building, against a total budget of £470,000. This budget covers four art installations currently works in progress.
	 New Vehicles
	The department leases all vehicles through its Office of Government Commerce contracts; there is no purchasing of new vehicles:
	
		
			  Leased vehicles for MOJ Headquarters, HMCS and tribunals 
			   £ million 
			 2005-06 1.1 
			 2006-07 1.2 
			 2007-08 1.5 
		
	
	 HMCS
	
		
			  Furnishings 
			   £ million 
			 2005-06 0.419 
			 2006-07 0.925 
			 2007-08 1.019 
		
	
	This represents capitalised expenditure; resource expenditure is not separately identifiable. These figures may not include a small amount purchased as part of building upgrades.
	 Art
	This category of expenditure is not separately identifiable.
	 New Vehicles
	Figures included above.
	 Tribunals Service
	
		
			  Furnishings 
			   £ 
			 2006-07 (1)— 
			 2007-08 (2)— 
			 (1) Capitalised nil; non-capitalised £56,000. (2) Capitalised £139,000 (includes £33,000 for storage systems); non-capitalised. 
		
	
	 Art
	Nil.
	 New Vehicles
	Figures included above.
	The Tribunals Service did not exist in 05-06, hence no figures provided.
	 HMPS
	 Furnishings
	HMPS policy is to make furniture in-house from raw materials sourced from a range of suppliers, rather than buy the furniture as finished products.
	 Art
	Nil.
	 Vehicles
	Total value of new vehicles purchased in 2007-08 was £3,215,278. This equates to 174 purchased vehicles covering a wide range of vehicle types from pool cars, minibuses, and vans to heavy goods vehicles. It does not include expenditure on mechanical handling equipment such as fork lift trucks, dumper trucks, and tugs.
	HMPS Transport Unit has only been under the direction of the Ministry of Justice since last year and therefore only figures for 2007-08 have been provided.
	 NOMS Centre
	
		
			  Furniture and fittings 
			   £ 000 
			 2005-06 31 
			 2006-07 4 
			 2007-08 0 
		
	
	These figures may not include a small amount purchased as part of building upgrades.
	 Art and Leased Vehicles
	These categories of expenditure are not separately identifiable.
	 Purchased vehicles
	Nil
	 Probation Boards
	
		
			  Furnishings 
			   £ 000 
			 2005-06 562 
			 2006-07 555 
			 2007-08 0 
		
	
	This represents capitalised expenditure; resource expenditure is not separately identifiable. These figures may not include a small amount purchased as pan of building upgrades.
	 Art
	This category of expenditure is not separately identifiable.
	
		
			  New Vehicles 
			   £ million 
			 2005-06 1.2 
			 2006-07 0.9 
			 2007-08 0.7 
		
	
	 OPG
	
		
			  Furnishings 
			   £ 000 
			 2005-06 0 
			 2006-07 0 
			 2007-08 44 
		
	
	 Art
	Nil.
	 New Vehicles
	Nil.
	Central Government Departments actively seek to buy all wood and wood products (including furniture) from legal and sustainable sources. From April 2009, departments will be required to procure legal and sustainable timber or timber licensed under the EU's Forest Law Enforcement, Governance, and Trade (FLEGT) initiative.
	The Government also funds a Central Point of Expertise on Timber (CPET) which provides free advice and guidance to help all public sector buyers and their suppliers meet the policy.